UWCHLAN TOWNSHIP

The principal developer of Uwchlan was David Lloyd. He came to Pennsylvania
from Montgomeryshire, Wales, in 1686 and was active in the affairs of the
colony. He acquired extensive property in Uwchlan but did not settle there
himself. He died in Chester County in 1731, leaving the land he had not already sold to
his widow, Grace (Growden) Lloyd. She continued to dispose of Uwchlan property.
She died 29 years after her husband.

The following description of Lloyd’s lands and their disposition is
based solely on information contained in old deeds and is necessarily an
approximation. David Lloyd acquired at least the following acreages in Uwchlan:
1. Approximately 1703--a patent signed by Griffith Owen, Thomas Story and James
Logan for two parcels totaling 1666 2/3 acres. 2. 1708--800 acres from Thomas
Palmer, son of George Palmer. 3. 1708--420 acres from John Palmer, son of George
Palmer. 4. 1708--250 acres from Philip Howell. 5. 1711--1000 acres from Francis
Cook and his wife, Mary, daughter of James Claypoole. 6. 1718--467 acres from
Nicholas Fairlamb, sheriff of Chester County. In 1712, the 250 acres from
Howell, 350 from the Cook grant and 50 of the John Palmer land were laid out
together, apparently along what is now the Pikeland boundary and surveyed to
David Lloyd. Of this 650 acres, 100 went to James Pugh (tract 3); 100 went to
Robert Benson (tract 12 and part of tract 14); 80 some went to James Rees (tract
13 and part of tract 14); and 100 went to Joseph Phipps (tract 43). John
David’s 100 acres (tract 2) and part of the Cadwalader Jones’ land (tract 9)
also probably came out of the 650. Purchasers of the 1666 2/3 acres included:
1714 Joseph Phipps 700 Tracts 44-45 1715 John Cadwalader 250 Tract 16 1715 James
Rees 100 Tract 15 Griffith John 100 Tract 30 1715 Cadwalader Jones 10 Part of
tract 9 1728 John Vaughan 200 Tract 17 1730 Morris Rees 185 Tracts 18 and 19 In
addition Grace Lloyd sold 69 acres (tract 20) to Michael Rees in 1738. Of the
Thomas Palmer land 700 acres of the 800 acres were surveyed in 1709 and divided
up among: 1711 David Rees 200 Tract 46 1715 Thomas David 400 Tracts 47, 48, 49
1715 Samuel John 100 Tract 31 Part of the John Palmer acreage, 125 acres, went
to Jeremiah Jerman in 1725 (tract 98). In 1732 Grace Lloyd sold the adjoining
208 acres (tract 93) to Philip Davis, and in 1736 she sold 220 acres (tract 92)
to John Smith. Grace Lloyd also sold 267 acres of the 467 acre tract to Humphrey
Lloyd in 1731 (tract 73).

The present-day township boundaries of Uwchlan and
Upper Uwchlan appear to be in close conformity to the way the land was
originally laid out. The southern boundary was approximately along the dotted
line shown on the map, the dividing line between Caln and West Whiteland being
just to the west of tract 27. Charlestown, Pikeland and Vincent lay to the east.
To the north Uwchlan veered out around tract 72 and crossed tract 95 at the
place where it narrows. At the northwest it went around tract 97 and turned
south across 99 and 100 to Springton Manor. Springton Manor, now Wallace
Township, lay in the space to the north of tract 85, extending up to the top of
tract 101. The East Branch of Brandywine Creek formed the western boundary of
tract 85 and of Uwchlan Township from there on to the south.

The exact course of the Brandywine is not clear from the deeds for several
feeder streams were called by the same name-for example the water courses
cutting between tracts 88 and 89 and along the western edge of tract 87. As
nearly as can be ascertained from the deeds early roads ran as follows: 1. The
King’s Road, or the Great Road leading from Uwchlan Friends Meeting House
(cross in tract 16) to French Creek and Warwick Furnace ran along the west of
tract 16, cut over to the boundary between tracts 44 and 45, ran along the east
of tract 45A and tract 59 to Eagle. From there it went north northwest across
tracts 66 and 69 and up across the middle of tract 95. 2. Somewhere north
northwest of tract 74 another “great road” led from the first road to the
Little Conestoga. 3. Paxtang Road ran from the Sign of the Red Lion, a tavern
for which Lionville was named, west and north to the Brandywine at what is now
Lyndell. It apparently went from Lionville across tracts 29, 30, 31 and 47. It
probably veered north at that point for there was a road at the northeast corner
of tract 49, at the southeast of tract 52, at the southwest corner of tract 87
and roughly along the boundary between tracts 100 and 101. The last mentioned
road was called the road to Philadelphia in a tract 100 deed. 4. A road to
Reed’s Mill formed the western boundary of tract 101. 5. The road from the
Sign of the Red Lion to Chester and Philadelphia led east across the top of
tracts 18 and 9 and turned south to form the western boundary of tracts 3 and 4.
6. The road from Uwchlan to Downingtown cut south across tract 17, west along
the old Welsh line (bottom of 17, 29, 30 and 31) and south across 27. A branch
of this, the George Thomas Road, may have gone directly south to the Great
Valley. 7. James Packer built a private road along the eastern boundary of tract
47 south to the Paxtang, or “the West” Road. 8. Another road led south
across the western part of tract 48. This was about the location of Shannon’s
Creek. To the south this road formed the boundary between tracts 38 and 39.
Shannon’s Creek turns west over to Dowlin. 9. Finally, there was a road along
the boundary between tracts 62 and 63, which may account for the odd shape of
tract 62. The following section of this paper presents in alphabetical order the
names of settlers in Uwchlan from the beginning to approximately 1800, together
with such genealogical information as was found in deeds, wills, Quaker records
and in some cases Futhey and Cope.

Tax lists consulted were those for 1715, 1718, 1719, 1722, 1727, 1765 to
1779, 1785 and the 1798 direct tax list for Uwchlan and Pikeland. The
information on the settlers is keyed to the numbered tracts on the map. The
final section of this paper gives briefs of title to the numbered tracts shown
on the map. The metes and bounds for the variouse tracts do not always jibe from
one deed to another, but allowing for surveying, recording and measurement
errors, the tracts were approximately as shown. By 1800 the population of
Uwchlan was 1086 persons, plus one slave, perhaps a descendant of the blacks
mentioned in the will of James Rees.

SOME EARLY RESIDENTS OF UWCHLAN TOWNSHIP
[CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA]
1715-1800

ACKER: Conrad Acker came to Pennsylvania from Germany with a brother in 1752,
first located in Montgomery County near Trappe, then moved to Uwchlan about
1772. He married Barbara Ruble. Their children:
Conrad m. Magdalena Laubaugh
Jacob Unmarried
John m. Catherine Laubaugh
Peter m1. Elizabeth Laubaugh m2. Elizabeth Beagle
Henry m. Elizabeth Weisner
Catherine m1. John Laubaugh m2. John Christman
Elizabeth m. John Weisner
Barbara m. Jacob Weisner
Mary m. John King
Eve m. James Kenny
Hannah m. Philip Souder
Conrad and Magdalena (Laubaugh) Acker had a son Samuel, b. 7-1 1805 on Marsh
Creek in Uwchlan. He married Mary Weisner and had a son Zachariah. Samuel
was a member of the Reformed Church of Pikeland.
John and Catherine (Laubaugh) Acker had children:
Elizabeth m. Abraham Fetters
Mary m. Samuel Fetters
John
Peter Acker had a son Conrad by his first wife, nine children including Isaac
by his second wife. Conrad Acker, son of Peter, was born in Uwchlan
12-24-1802 and married 1-17-1838 Leah Keeley, daughter of Conrad and Margaret
Keeley. He moved to Tredyffrin. Children of Conrad and Leah were:
John
William
Margaret m. Frank Keyser
Elizabeth m. Charles H. Duckett
Joseph
Amelia
Ella
Amanda
Conrad Acker Sr. Acquired tract 39 in 1772 and later gave it to Conrad Jr.
Conrad Sr. Acquired tracts 3 and 4 in 1775. He acquired tract 2 in 1792 and
in 1808 gave it to his son John. John and Peter Acker for a short time owned
tract 40. Henry Acker acquired part of tract 51 in 1801, John Laubaugh owned
tract 71 from 1787 to 1795, John Weisner acquired tract 34 in 1806, John King
owned part of tract 71 after 1820, and Conrad Keeley acquired part of tract 74
in 1805 and apparently owned part of tract 94.

ADAMS: James Adams, wife Sarah, owned tract 10 from 1764 to 1784. John Adams,
married Mary, daughter of David Davies. Peter Adams, wife Susanna, owned
tract 50 for a time.

ALEXANDER: Robert Alexander was a tenant on Jonathan Phipps’ land in 1798.

ALLISON: Robert Allison m2. Mary _____ Helsby. She died in 1790, and he in
1796. His children were:
Aaron m. Elizabeth Phipps
Elizabeth m. ______ Cliggett
Rachel m. ______ Phipps
Robert m. Sarah
Esther
Mary Helsby Allison’s will named children:
Hannah m. ______ Benson
Esther
Sarah m. ______ Butler
Mary m. ______ Cliggett
Rachel m. ______ Phipps
Aaron and Elizabeth (Phipps) Allison had children Aaron Jr., Elizabeth and
Anne. Robert Allison Jr. Had a son William.
Robert Allison acquired tract 34 sometime before 1748 and bought tract 47 in
that year. After his death, both of these properties passed to his son Aaron.
Robert Allison acquired tracts 83, 84 and probably 86 from Joseph Phipps about
1768. He sold tract 83 in 1783 and gave tract 84 to Robert Jr. In 1784.
Robert Jr. sold it in 1815. Tracts 87 and 88 were owned by Robert Jr. and
William Allison for a time. A William Allison, wife Margaret, acquired tract
74 sometime prior to 1750.

ANGUS: Jacob Angus acquired a share in a mill tract between the Brandywine and
Tract 52 in 1791.

ARENTON: Daniel Arenton was an inmate in Uwchlan in 1768.

ASHBRIDGE: George Ashbridge at one time owned land between tracts 1 and 6.

ASHTON: Sarah Ashton apparently occupied land in the vicinity of tract 55 in
the 1830’s.

BATTIN: George Battin of West Bradford acquired part of tract 71 in 1816.

BAYMOUNT: John Baymount or Beaumont owned 60 acres in 1779 but this land has
not been located.
Jacob Baymount was an inmate in 1779.

BEALE: William Beale, wife Rachel, owned land in West Whiteland to the south
of tract 27. He died about 1800. A daughter, Susanna, married Noble Butler,
Jr., and nieces and nephews of William Beale included Elizabeth Hawley and
David Jenkin.

BEATY: David Beaty who died about 1775 left the following children:
Abraham m. Eleanor
Robert m. Elizabeth
Esther m. John Eliot
Elizabeth m. David Beaty
William m. Susanna
Agnes m. Samuel Culbertson
Rachel m. Samuel McClure
Robert Beaty died about 1799. His will lists children:
Robert
Samuel
John
Mary m. ____ Randels
Hannah m. ____ Moore
Rachel m. ____ Callaghan
Elizabeth m. ____ Carson
Eleanor m. ____ Moses
Sarah m. Thomas Dolby
Jane m. ____ Duglan
Margaret m. ____ Peck
Abraham
William
Abraham Beaty, son of Robert, may have died before his father. He had a
daughter Ann. William Beaty, son of Robert, also may have died before his
father. He had children Robert, James, Miles, William, David and Sarah.
David Beaty held tract 77-78 from 1762 until his death, after which his
children sold it.
Robert Beaty held tract 69 from 1750 until his death, after which it passed
to Thomas Dolby.
Susannah Beaty, widow of Abraham Beaty, owned part of tract 75 in 1803.

BEITLER: John Beitler acquired part of tract 16.

BELL: Joseph Bell operated a mill in Uwchlan in 1771.

BENNER: Henry Benner of Vincent owned land next to tract 65.

BENNETT: William Bennett owned 238 acres in Uwchlan in 1765. This land has
not been located. Bennett’s wife, Grace, was a granddaughter of John David. A
Bennett girl married John Martin who died in 1836.

BENSON: Robert Benson m1. Jane; m2. 1727/28 Catherine, widow of Isaac Richardson. By his first wife Robert Benson had children: John b. 1714 m. Ann John, dt. Of Griffith John James b. 1717 m. ? Rachel John, dt. Of Griffith John Hannah b. 1720 m. ____ Nowlan William m. 1746/7 Jane Jones, dt. Of John Evans Ann Robert Benson’s will named grandchildren John, William and James Nowlan, sons of his daughter Hannah Nowlan. Robert Benson bought tracts in the vicinity of 12, 13 and 14 in 1715 and appears in the Uwchlan tax lists from 1718 on. He sold all or part of these tracts in 1742 when he purchased tracts 59 and 60. He died about 1746. John Benson, wife Ann, owned tracts 61, 62, 63 and 64. He acquired tract 64 in 1745, sold 62, 63 and 64 in 1766, and acquired tract 61 in 1769. He sold it in 1774. James Benson acquired tract 58 in 1743 and tract 57 in 1746. He died in 1777 and the land passed to his children, James, Benjamin and Ann, wife of William Flynn. James Jr., wife Catherine, sold tract 57 to William Flynn in 1781 and sold tract 58 in 1786. He acquired tract 59 from William Benson in 1766 and sold it also in 1786. Griffith John’s will of 1774 named the children of his deceased daughter Rachel Benson as James, Benjamin, Jonathan and Ann Benson, which suggests she was the wife of James Benson, Sr. Benjamin Benson, son of James Benson, Jr., may have married Hannah, daughter of Mary Helsby Allison. William and Jane (Jones) Benson had sons Robert and John. William inherited tracts 59 and 60 from his father. He deeded tract 59 to James Benson, probably his nephew, in 1766 and sold tract 60 in 1777.

BENTLEY: Joseph Bentley, innkeeper, owned 60 acres in Uwchlan in 1771
and 50 acres in 1774. This land has not been located. Joseph Bentley’s will of
1778 named wife Mary and children Jeffrey, Ellis, Eli, Bamer, Caleb, George,
Joseph and Jane.

BICKING: Richard Bicking acquired tract 84 in 1815.

BOND: Samuel Bond
married in 1749 Thomasine, daughter of Thomas Downing. Samuel Bond is listed on
Uwchlan tax lists from 1767 until at least 1785. He acquired tract 27, partly in
Uwchlan, in 1760 and 1772 and sold it in 1791. BOUND: John Bound, wife
Elizabeth, owned part of tract 46 from 1785 to 1791.

BONSELL: Isaac Bonsell of Philadelphia acquired part of tract 74 in
1796.

BOWEN: John Bowen was listed on the tax list of 1719 and thereafter. He
apparently owned tract 54 until after 1727. BOWLIN: Peter Bowlin was an inmate
in 1779.

BOYERS: See Byers.

BRAN: Jno. Bran was a freeman in 1769.

BROOKE: Samuel Brooke, wife Margaret, owned tract 39 from 1768 to 1769,
then deeded it to George Brooke, wife Elizabeth, who sold it in 1771.

BUTLER: Noble Butler, son of John Butler of Philadelphia, m. 8-18-1727 Rachel
Jones of Goshen. Noble Butler died in 1801. He had the following children: John
m. 6- -1760 Elizabeth Samuel of Radnor Enoch m. 5-29-1755 Deborah Swayne
Bathsheba m. John McOwen William b. 1738 m. 1762 Jane Woodward, dt. James
Benjamin m. Mary Noble m. Susanna Beale, dt. William Enoch Butler had a son John
and perhaps a son of grandson Joshua. William Butler, who died in 1821, had
children Samuel, James, 1767-1837, Amos, Ann, Rachel, Sarah and William. James
Butler, 1767-1837, m. 1812 Mary Phipps, daughter of Jonathan and Mary, and had
children Jonathan P., Joseph, William, Samuel, b. 1825, and James. Samuel
Butler, b. 1825, m. 1849 Margaretta P. Woodward and lived on the old Phipps
homestead. He had children Anna, Thomas S. and Henry J. Noble Butler Sr., wife
Rachel, acquired tract 66 in 1737, tract 76 in 1748, tract 65 in 1752 and tract
67. He gave part of tract 66 and tract 67 to his son William in 1759. In 1819
William Butler deeded that land to James Butler, probably his son. Noble Butler
Sr. Gave tract 76 in 1785 to his grandson John, son of Enoch. This tract was
occupied by John and Joshua Butler in 1798. Noble Butler’s will of 1793 left
tract 65 to his son John and to his grandson Benjamin, son of Benjamin. Benjamin
Butler Jr. of Nottingham, Washington Co., sold the land in 1811. Noble
Butler’s will left the remainder of tract 66 to his son Benjamin and to
Benjamin’s son Noble. This Noble deeded his rights in the estate to his father
in 1804. Benjamin Sr. then subdivided the property. An Elisha Butler bought part
of tract 33 in 1794 and deeded it in 1798 to a Noble Butler. The 1780 will of
William Roberts of Uwchlan mentioned Mary, wife of Benjamin Butler, and also
sister Mary, wife of John Butler. Mary Helsby Allison had a daughter Sarah who
married a Butler.

BYERS: William Byers owned up to 200 acres in Uwchlan from 1767 to
1785. On his death he owned 367 acres which he willed to his sons-in-law. His
will, written in 1787/8 named his wife Margaret, daughters Esther, Mary, wife of
Isaac Lewis, and Margaret, wife of Evan Owen, and a servant John Phillip. The
daughter Esther died before 1799. William Byers’ land was located to the south
of tract 83 and next to tract 82. He acquired the land by lease-release in 1754
and 1757, a patent in 1763 and a deed in 1788. (Ref. S2-128) In 1799 Isaac Lewis
bought Evan Owen’s share of the land, but the deed gave no metes and bounds.
Samuel Byers owned land adjacent to William Byers’ land. He acquired tract 83
in 1792 and tract 82 in 1793. Both of these were sold in 1809. A Samuel Byers of
Brandywine Township, died sometime about 1797, leaving a son Benjamin and a son
Samuel. He apparently gave a 137-acre tract in Brandywine Township to his son
Samuel in 1794. It lay somewhere south of tract 85 and adjoined land of a John
Byers. Isaac Lewis served as an attorney in transferring the land. A Samuel
Byers of Charlestown married Martha, daughter of David Davis, whose daughter
Elizabeth married Methusalah Davis. John Byers or Boyers of West Whiteland
purchased tract 31 in 1797. Ann ___ Byers was a sister-in-law of Thomas Morris
of West Whiteland.

CADWALADER: John Cadwalader, wife Sarah, owned land in Willistown and
Tredyffrin early. A Quaker meeting was organized at his house in the Great
Valley in 1712. He is thought to have been a brother of the Gwen Cadwalader of
Radnor who married Robert Williams of Merion in 1691 and moved to Uwchlan. John
Cadwalader was listed in the 1715 and 1719 Uwchlan tax lists. He acquired tract
16 from David Lloyd about 1715, but sold it almost immediately to Thomas Fell,
setting aside one acre for a Friends meeting house and burial ground. In 1718
John Cadwalader received a patent for most of tract 66. He sold it to John Evans
in 1719. There is no further record of land ownership in Uwchlan by John
Cadwalader. John and Sarah Cadwalader had children: Cadwalader Jones 1687-1758
m. Eleanor Gwen m. 1713 Thomas John David Cadwalader m. 1718 Mary Swaffer
Elizabeth m. Carter John Cadwalader 1699-1742 m. 1729 For Cadwalader Jones’
land and descendants, see under Jones. John Cadwalader Jr. may have been the
father of Moses Cadwalader who m. 1-29-1756 at Uwchlan Elizabeth Malin. David
Cadwalader, son of John and Sarah, was named in the Uwchlan tax lists beginning
in 1719. He owned or occupied land in the vicinity of tract 65. In 1739 he moved
to Berks County, probably Robeson, where he belonged to Exeter Monthly Meeting
of Friends. Some of his children and grandchildren returned to Uwchlan to live.
David and Mary Cadwalader (she died in 1755) had children: David b. 5-26-1719 m.
9-10-1743 Hannah Davis, dt. John John b. 3-27-1721 m. Sophia Nathan b. 1-29-1725
m. 1748 Elizabeth Gatlive Caleb b. 1735 David Cadwalader Jr. Died about 1770. He
and his wife, Hannah, daughter of John David, had children: John b. 7-3-1744
Mary b. 5-23-1746 m. Timothy Kirk James b. 12-16-1747/8 Hannah b. 11-2-1749/50
Abigail b. 1-18-1752 m. Thomas Penrose David b. 4-10-1754 Dinah b. 7-30-1756
?Jesse Lydia b. 7-18-1758 John Cadwalader, b. 1721, wife Sophia, had at least
the two children whose births are recorded at Exeter Monthly Meeting, John, b.
8-21-1755, and Elizabeth, b. 7-11-1760, John and his family transferred from
Exeter to Fairfax Meeting about 1790. Nathan Cadwalader’s wife, Elizabeth
Gatlive, was born 2-16-1728, daugther of Charles Gatlive. She died 1-4-1772 and
Nathan died 2-3 1813. They lived at least part of their lives at Uwchlan but
Nathan may not have owned any real estate. Nathan and Elizabeth (Gatlive)
Cadwalader had children: Charles b. 1749 m. 1772 Isaac b. 9-27-1751 m. Sarah
(Price) Evans Judah b. 1754 Hannah b. 1755 Nathan b. 1758 Mary b. 1760 Jesse b.
1762 Phebe b. 1764 Elizabeth b. 1768 ?d. 1771 Of these children, Charles
Cadwalader had a wife who was buried at Uwchlan in 1770; Judah transferred to
Falls Monthly Meeting in 1776; Hannah went to Philadelphia in 1780; Jesse
transferred to Birmingham in 1782; and Phebe transferred to Bradford in 1783.
Either Elizabeth or a later daughter died in 1771. James Cadwalader, son of
David and Mary, was married in 1758 at Exeter to Mary Davis of Carnarvon. James
and his family, along with his brother Caleb, moved from Exeter to Fairfax in
1766. James’ children were: Sarah b. 9-4-1759 David b.12-20-1760 Ruth b.
11-10-1762 Ann b. 10-31-1764 d. 3-11-1766 Isaac Cadwalader, son of Nathan and
Elizabeth (Gatlive) Cadwalader, married Sarah (Price) Evans, widow of John
Evans, and took over John Evans land (tract 48). Isaac Cadwalader died in 1831.
He had the following children: Ezra m. Isaac Jr. m. Willy Ann Smith Sarah m1.
Owen Evans Jane b. 8-15-1796 d. 7-28-1868 m. Enos Morris ch. d. 1789 Ezra, son
of Isaac, died before his father, leaving children. Isaac Jr. Lived on part of
tract 48. His wife was the daughter of John Smith. They had daughters Lydia and
Elizabeth, but Isaac Jr. Also died before his father. The daughter Sarah was
married to Owen Evans at the time of her father’s death. Jane and Enos Morris
had four children who never married: Joseph J. Morris Morris C. Morris d.
3-23-1901 Susan Morris d. 3-14-1894 Margaretta P. Morris d. 4-9-1897 [In a
footnote Eleanor Davis also says “Sarah, dt. Of Enos Morris, married Benjamin
Martin. They had children William, Amanda M. And Florence C. Martin. Enos Morris
also had dt. Lydia and son James S. Morris.”]

CARROL: Bart. Carrol was an inmate in 1765 and 1766 and owned 50 acres in
1767 and 1768. This land has not been located.

CARSON: Robert Carson, wife Rachel, occupied tract 98 some time after 1737.
He also at one time owned land west of the Brandywine in tract 81. He was listed
in the 1766 tax list as a mason. His will of 1796/7 named children: David Jane
m. Russell Mary Lydia m. Marshall Rachel m. Elaine Robert Cameron probably had a
son Robert, for a Robert Jr. Was listed in the tax list of 1769. David Carson,
son of Robert, inherited tract 98. An Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Beaty,
married a Carson.

CARTER: Jacob Carter owned land in Vincent adjacent to tract 65.

CATTEN:
George Catten acquired part of tract 1 about 1816.

CHAMBERLAIN: James Chamberlain
was a freeman in 1765.

CHRISTMAN: Henry Christman acquired tract 96 in 1806.

CLARK: John Clark owned 500 acres, of which tract 83 as part, at a very early
date.

CLAYTON: William Clayton was an inmate in 1771 and owned 100 acres in
1779. This land has not been located. William Clayton was the first husband of
Evan Evans’ daughter Mary.

CROSBY: Esther Crosby was listed on the tax list of 1779 with 100 acres. This
must have been part of tract 80 or 86. Esther Phipps married Richard Crosby in
1763. She was the mother of Benjamin Phipps.

CUNNINGHAM: Robert Cunningham owned 69 acres in 1765 and was an inmate in
1767. This land has not been located.

DARRAH: Mark Darrah, wife Elizabeth, acquired tract 95 in 1812.

DAVID: Jenkin David was listed on the tax lists beginning in 1715. He owned
tract 72, having purchased it from David Lloyd. He died sometime before 1752. He
had a daughter Martha and a son Evan. Evan David, wife Rachel, inherited and
sold tract 72. John David was on the tax lists beginning in 1715. He acquired
tract 2 from David Lloyd in 1715. His wife was Elizabeth and they had 11
children, 10 of whom were mentioned by name in John David’s will of 1736.
Hannah m. David Cadwalader, son of David Mary m. David John, ?son of Samuel
Rachel m. Joshua John, son of Griffith John m. Hannah John, dt. of Griffith
Elizabeth m. Jonathan Worrell Sibilla m1 Edward Williams m2. William Kirk Amos
m1. Elizabeth Meredith m2. Agnes (Jones) Abigail unmarried Ruth m. Jacob
Williams Daniel d. 1784 Benjamin m. Hannah Davis, dt. of Samuel William Kirk was
the son of Alphonsus and Abigail (Sharply) Kirk. Elizabeth Meredith was the
daughter of John and Grace (Williams) Meredith. Amos Davis’ second wife was a
widow, Agnes (Jones) Brown. A 1792 deed lists the following heirs of John David:
David and Rachel John Jacob and Rachel Williams Abigail Davis Timothy and Mary
Kirk Thomas and Abigail Penrose Jesse and Lydia Voare Thomas Kirk John and
Hannah Davis Joel Davis John Davis Elisha Davis Thomas and Ruth Mendenhall
William and Grace Bennett Jesse Davis Amos Davis Isaac Davis Of these, Mary
Kirk, Abigail Penrose and probably Lydia Voare were children of David Cadwalader,
Jr. Ruth Mendenhall and Grace Bennett were daughters of Amos and Elizabeth
(Meredith) Davis. Joel, Isaac and Elisha Davis were sons of Amos Davis, and
Jesse and Amos Davis probably were also. There was a Hugh Davis who died at
Uwchlan in 1743. He was perhaps a brother of John. Hugh’s will included a
bequest to Elizabeth, widow of John Davis. Others named in Hugh’s will were
his wife, Ann; Mary, wife of Hugh Pugh; Sarah, wife of Thomas Thomas; Dinah and
Hugh, children of Richard Richards; Edward, son of Jonathan Jones of Merion; and
Ruth, wife of David Jones. John David’s unmarried daughter, Abigail, left a
will in 1795. She named the following: brother Benjamin’s wife, Hannah, and
children Mary, Elizabeth, Hannah and John; sister, Mary John, wife of David
John, and their daughters, Elizabeth and Sarah; niece Elizabeth, wife of
Jonathan Jones; and cousin Hannah Edwards. Thomas David acquired 400 acres
(tracts 47, 48 and 49) from David Lloyd in 1715. He died in 1722. Thomas
David’s will, witnessed by Samuel John, Thomas John and Hugh Davis, named his
wife, Elizabeth, his son-in-law and daughter, John and Mary Evans, and his
grandson, Thomas Evans, a minor. He left “the plantation I now live on” to
his grandson at age 21, the other 200 acres to John and Mary Evans. For his
descendants see under John Evans. David Davis, named on tax lists beginning in
1718, probably owned tracts 77 and 78. David Davis of Uwchlan died in 1742. His
will named his wife, Margaret, and children Mary Watkin, Thomas Davis, Sarah
Phipps and Elizabeth, wife of Philip Davids or Davis. The will specified that
Philip and Elizabeth were to care for Thomas Davis. This will was witnessed by
Jonathan Pugh and Awbry Roberts. Philip David’s will of 1776 named his wife,
Elizabeth, and children David, Philip, Miles, Jerman and Sarah, wife of Myrick
Davis. There was probably some connection with the Jerman family. Philip
David’s daughter, Sarah, was named in the will of Walter Jesse, a relative of
the Edward Goff who acquired John Jerman’s land. In 1732 Philip Davis
purchased 208 acres from Grace Lloyd. He disposed of 50 acres but left the rest
(tract 93) to his son Miles. Miles Davis, wife Ann, had a son Rowland Davis, who
was a blacksmith in 1813. In 1762 David Davis, wife Elizabeth, sold tracts 77
and 78. This was probably the son of Philip David. This David Davis had
children: James (or Jerman) Mary, m. John Adams of East Whiteland Elizabeth, m.
Methusalah Davis, Nantmeal merchant Martha, m. Samuel Byers of Charlestown Isaac
DAVIS: Aaron Davis married Deborah, daughter of Samuel Hibberd who owned tract
42. Benjamin Davis was a freeman from 1765 to 1769 and was listed in 1798 with
100 acres. This land has not been located. Daniel Davis was listed on the
1765-1774 tax lists with 100 acres. This land has not been located. David Davis.
See under DAVID. Edward Davis was a freeman in 1779. Elijah Davis, wife Rebeckah,
owned part of tract 1 for a year or so prior to 1809. Griffith Davis, wife
Sarah, shoemaker-cordwainer, owned tract 49 from 1778 to 1784. Hezekiah Davis
was a freeman in 1774. Hugh Davis. See under David. Israel Davis owned tract 77
about 1790. James Davis, along with Griffith Davis, owned tract 49 for a time.
James, a shoemaker, died before 1784. Jerman Davis was listed on tax lists form
1765 to 1769 with 50 acres. This land has not been located but see under David.
John Davis was a freeman from 1766 to 1769. Methusalah Davis owned tract 85 from
1812 to 1813. He married Elizabeth, daughter of David Davis. Miles Davis. See
under Philip David. Rowland Davis. See under Philip David. Thomas Davis acquired
a mill on the Brandywine next to tract 52 in 1791. In 1809 he acquired tract 83.

DENNIS: John Dennis left a will in Uwchlan in 1758. He named his wife Jane and
her father, Samuel Culbertson.

DENNY: William Denny, wife Margaret, left a will in 1784. He named children:
Hannah Samuel Sarah Margaret Rebecca Rachel David (m. Elizabeth) James William
(a tanner, m. Martha) William Denny’s will also named a grandson, William
Denny Craig. One of his daughters married John Culbertson. Members of the Denny
family owned tracts 99, 100 and 101

DENSON: George Denson was a freeman in 1766.

DILLING: William Dilling was an inmate in 1779

DILLON: William Dillon was listed on the 1774 tax list with 90 acres.
This land has not been located. He was listed as an inmate in 1779 and was in
Uwchlan as late as 1785.

DILWORTH: Caleb Dilworth, wife Elizabeth, acquired tract 90 in 1819 and gave
half to Taylor Dilworth, son of John Dilworth. Caleb later reacquired the half
and sold tract 90 in 1836.

DINSY: John Dinsy was a freeman in 1765.

DOLBY: Thomas Dolby married Sarah Beaty, daughter of Robert Beaty, and
inherited tract 69 and land in Vincent from Robert Beaty. A Nathan Dolby was a
freeman in 1774.

DONALLY: James Donally was an inmate in 1765.

DONOVAN: John Donovan was named in a deed for tract 52.

DOWLIN: John Dowlin, wife Elizabeth, collier and ironmaster, acquired
tract 42 in 1801 and tracts 40, 50 and part of 38 in 1816. He sold tract 50 to
his son William in 1824. John Dowlin died about 1846. William Dowlin acquired
tract 41 in 1843 and tract 36 in 1847. Jacob Dowlin, perhaps another son,
acquired tract 37 in 1846.

CUNNINGHAM: Robert Cunningham owned 69 acres in 1765 and was an inmate
in 1767. This land has not been located.

DARRAH: Mark Darrah, wife Elizabeth, acquired tract 95 in 1812

DAVID: Jenkin David was listed on the tax lists beginning in 1715. He owned
tract 72, having purchased it from David Lloyd. He died sometime before 1752. He
had a daughter Martha and a son Evan. Evan David, wife Rachel, inherited and
sold tract 72. John David was on the tax lists beginning in 1715. He acquired
tract 2 from David Lloyd in 1715. His wife was Elizabeth and they had 11
children, 10 of whom were mentioned by name in John David’s will of 1736.
Hannah m. David Cadwalader, son of David Mary m. David John, ?son of Samuel
Rachel m. Joshua John, son of Griffith John m. Hannah John, dt. of Griffith
Elizabeth m. Jonathan Worrell Sibilla m1 Edward Williams m2. William Kirk Amos
m1. Elizabeth Meredith m2. Agnes (Jones) Abigail unmarried Ruth m. Jacob
Williams Daniel d. 1784 Benjamin m. Hannah Davis, dt. of Samuel William Kirk was
the son of Alphonsus and Abigail (Sharply) Kirk. Elizabeth Meredith was the
daughter of John and Grace (Williams) Meredith. Amos Davis’ second wife was a
widow, Agnes (Jones) Brown. A 1792 deed lists the following heirs of John David:
David and Rachel John Jacob and Rachel Williams Abigail Davis Timothy and Mary
Kirk Thomas and Abigail Penrose Jesse and Lydia Voare Thomas Kirk John and
Hannah Davis Joel Davis John Davis Elisha Davis Thomas and Ruth Mendenhall
William and Grace Bennett Jesse Davis Amos Davis Isaac Davis Of these, Mary
Kirk, Abigail Penrose and probably Lydia Voare were children of David Cadwalader,
Jr. Ruth Mendenhall and Grace Bennett were daughters of Amos and Elizabeth
(Meredith) Davis. Joel, Isaac and Elisha Davis were sons of Amos Davis, and
Jesse and Amos Davis probably were also. There was a Hugh Davis who died at
Uwchlan in 1743. He was perhaps a brother of John. Hugh’s will included a
bequest to Elizabeth, widow of John Davis. Others named in Hugh’s will were
his wife, Ann; Mary, wife of Hugh Pugh; Sarah, wife of Thomas Thomas; Dinah and
Hugh, children of Richard Richards; Edward, son of Jonathan Jones of Merion; and
Ruth, wife of David Jones. John David’s unmarried daughter, Abigail, left a
will in 1795. She named the following: brother Benjamin’s wife, Hannah, and
children Mary, Elizabeth, Hannah and John; sister, Mary John, wife of David
John, and their daughters, Elizabeth and Sarah; niece Elizabeth, wife of
Jonathan Jones; and cousin Hannah Edwards. Thomas David acquired 400 acres
(tracts 47, 48 and 49) from David Lloyd in 1715. He died in 1722. Thomas
David’s will, witnessed by Samuel John, Thomas John and Hugh Davis, named his
wife, Elizabeth, his son-in-law and daughter, John and Mary Evans, and his
grandson, Thomas Evans, a minor. He left “the plantation I now live on” to
his grandson at age 21, the other 200 acres to John and Mary Evans. For his
descendants see under John Evans. David Davis, named on tax lists beginning in
1718, probably owned tracts 77 and 78. David Davis of Uwchlan died in 1742. His
will named his wife, Margaret, and children Mary Watkin, Thomas Davis, Sarah
Phipps and Elizabeth, wife of Philip Davids or Davis. The will specified that
Philip and Elizabeth were to care for Thomas Davis. This will was witnessed by
Jonathan Pugh and Awbry Roberts. Philip David’s will of 1776 named his wife,
Elizabeth, and children David, Philip, Miles, Jerman and Sarah, wife of Myrick
Davis. There was probably some connection with the Jerman family. Philip
David’s daughter, Sarah, was named in the will of Walter Jesse, a relative of
the Edward Goff who acquired John Jerman’s land. In 1732 Philip Davis
purchased 208 acres from Grace Lloyd. He disposed of 50 acres but left the rest
(tract 93) to his son Miles. Miles Davis, wife Ann, had a son Rowland Davis, who
was a blacksmith in 1813. In 1762 David Davis, wife Elizabeth, sold tracts 77
and 78. This was probably the son of Philip David. This David Davis had
children: James (or Jerman) Mary, m. John Adams of East Whiteland Elizabeth, m.
Methusalah Davis, Nantmeal merchant Martha, m. Samuel Byers of Charlestown Isaac.